The crisis of homelessness impacts every major city in America.
As Recycled Living’s founder Charlie Abrams says:
“Growing up in Portland Oregon, I saw the devastating
effect homelessness had on those around me. At this same time, my
city's plastic pollution was at a never-before-seen level. Driving in
from the Portland airport you could see the 9 tons of plastic that sat
on our highway. Our city decided to get involved, but it ended up
being for the worse. They dislocated anyone living without a
home, putting them in designated mass campsites under bridges
and far away from the public eye. During the Covid-19 pandemic,
these mass campsites quickly spread the virus rapidly, having
severe repercussions.
My city's effort to combat these two issues consequently
made them worse. However, I realized that there was a connection
between plastic and homelessness not yet seen by my city officials.
What if we could treat plastic not as a problem but as the catalyst
for a solution?
With my experience in engineering and activism, I turned
this innovative idea into the project Recycled Living”
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Recycled Living is a Non-Profit creating a real solution to homelessness and our problematic recycling system.
We believe Recycled Living can be a monumental step forward in creating a comprehensive and affordable solution to these two large issues.
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